Cooper City Expands Recycling Program

COOPER CITY -- Recycling is coming to the city`s apartments, condominiums and townhomes.

City Council members on Tuesday expanded the city`s recycling program, which had been restricted to residents in single-family homes in April.

Containers will be provided for multifamily dwellings to recycle clear glass jars and bottles, aluminum beverage cans and newspapers. Clear glass includes bottles and jars whose lids have been removed, but excludes light bulbs, plate glass, windows, dishes, mirrors or ceramics, said Public Works Director John Flint.

Developers will have to buy recycling containers from the city for residents of newly built multifamily homes before the city will approve the building for a certificate of occupancy allowing people to live there.

Existing multifamily complexes will be furnished containers for free by the city. Three or four containers will be available at trash bin locations in the complex for recycling.

Each multifamily development must have one set of recycling containers for every 20 to 25 homes in the complex and the containers must be concealed from public view within 18 months, Flint said.

If a resident pays the city for trash pickup, the person will be billed by the city for recycling. The fee, which will appear on the resident`s water bill, will be $1.87 a month.

If residents pay for trash pickup through their homeowners or condominium association, they will pay the recycling charge through the association. The charge for each association member will be approximately $1.87 a month.

The program will start on Feb. 1, Flint said. Residents will be notified by the trash hauler, II Star Sanitation Inc., through their condominium or homeowners association.